Texas-Mexico:

Arrested:
Kenneth Joel Tarver

DOB: 08/15/1956Gender: MaleRace: BlackDate Arrested: 02/27/2006County Arrested: HarrisOther Information: The Fugitive Unit received information that Kenneth Joel Tarver would be at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston for treatment. Investigators went to the hospital and arrested Tarver without incident. Tarver was convicted in 1991 in Dallas County of sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 20 years in state prison. The victim was a 15-year-old girl. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a parole violation warrant for Tarver's arrest on Nov. 17, 2005, after he failed to report for treatment. Houston police had also issued an arrest warrant for Tarver for failure to register as a sex offender.